Courageous...

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear."

-Ambrose Redmoon

"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."

-Albert Einstein

"You must be the change you want to see in the world."

-Mahatma Gandhi

"She never comprimises,
Loves babies and surprises,
Wears high heels when
She exercises
Ain't it beautuiful
Meet Virginia

Daddy wrestles alligators
Mama works on carborators
Her brother is a fine mediator
For the president
And here she is again on the phone
Just like me hates to be alone
We just like to sit at home
And rip on the President

She only drinks coffee at midnight
When the moment is not right
Her timing is quite, unusual
You see her confidence is tragic, but her
Intuition's magic

Well she wants to be the queen and
Then she thinks about her scene
Well she wants to live her life
Then she thinks about her life
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the queen"
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna live this!

-"Meet Virginia" by Train

Meet Virginia

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"Ask, and it will be given to you
Seek, and you will find
Knock, and the door will be opened to you."

-Jesus

I'm always amazed at how energized I feel when I take time to process and pursue dreams in my heart. I firmly believe that every person on the planet has seeds of dreams that are rooted deep in their heart. Some of it could be birthed out of their life struggle. Some of it could be birthed out of the uniqueness of the person. The unique DNA. Regardless, when we really get down to what we want and pursue it...we discover life. I believe when the message and reality of God's love and heart for us and all people permeates our hearts and lives, our outlook on ourselves and others changes significantly. Ultimately, I believe we grow in loving. We learn to love all people well. We begin to care about things. We feel whispers in our soul that compel us to care. We have conversations. We have moments in community or nature or in serving others. Something happens. Something that we find hard, if not impossible to quantify, but nevertheless it impacts us. The moment...impacts us. Those moments are dangerous because they tell us that there's more. They are glimpses into "the way things could be". They matter...big time. Likely, even right now as you read this, some of those moments come to mind. They speak to a bigger story. They compel us to take courage and "be" in. They draw our hearts and find them beating. In my experience, the people who are most pursuing their heart and God's dreams in life are the ones who experience those moments the most. I think many of us fight (many in ways we don't fully understand) those moments and do our best to escape incessantly. Everyone needs healthy escapes, but some live too much of their lives trying to....well, you get what I'm trying to say. I would never limit your heart by putting it in a box. I'm sorry if you've quit dreaming because someone else put your heart and dreams in a box. Maybe it's time to look within again. It's likely we'll discover God's heart there. It's time to take the courage to dream again. To voice it...there's power in those words...in hoping...in believing...in dreaming.